Fuzhou New Area gets green light

The State Coun­cil has given the go-ahead to FuzhouNew Area in Fu­jian province to boost cross-Straits ex­changes, a cen­tral gov­ern­ment state­ment said on Wed­nes­day. The newad­min­is­tra­tive area will test re­form mea­sures and fa­vor­able trade and tax poli­cies for the mod­ern ser­vice sec­tor and man­u­fac­tur­ing in­dus­try.